McCamant & Durrett Architects <br />May 6, 2 013 <br />Establishing the Record (Findings) <br />Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing <br />Re; PUD Submittal <br />City of Eugene Code <br />9.8300 Purpose of Planned Unit Development. The planned unit development (PUD) <br />provisions are designed to provide a high degree of flexibility in the design of the site and <br />the mix of land uses, potential environmental impacts, and are intended to: <br />(2) Create comprehensive site plans for geographic areas of sufficient size to <br />provide developments at least equal in quality to those that are achieved <br />through the traditional lot-by-lot development and that are reasonably <br />compatible with the surrounding area. <br />Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing Intent . <br />Very much in the spirit of the PUD, we are making a proposal that by every measure is <br />considered best practices. It is a proposal based on making a successful social community <br />that enhances the surrounding neighborhood sociability via connections, is a sustainable <br />site design, successfully mitigates neighborhood concerns, and is affordable to the current <br />working-class group of hopeful future residents that are teachers, young families, and <br />retirees. <br />1. Gravel Parking Lot: These families chose this solution because gravel parking stalls <br />slow traffic pulling into and out of parking stalls and therefore calms traffic and <br />contributes to making it safer for children and everyone. Please see illustration 01 <br />and 02 below for an example ofgravel parking stalls at Nevada City Cohousing. It was <br />also chosen to allow for water infiltration, which reduces overflowing storm water <br />sewers and therefore is a more sustainable solution. Perhaps even more important <br />is the image. There is already an exorbitant amount of asphalt in the River Road <br />neighborhood. <br />The gravel parking area reduces pollutants from entering open water <br />systems where they, in concentration, can overwhelm microbes. "Local" microbes <br />1327 <br />